Quadro M5500: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Quadro M5500 provides acceptable gaming and benchmark performance at 17.90% of a leader's which is RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell.
Contents
Summary
NVIDIA started Quadro M5500 sales 8 April 2016. This is a Maxwell 2.0 architecture notebook card based on 28 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 8 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 1.75 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 211 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is a graphics card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Power consumption is at 150 Watt.
Primary details
Some basic facts about Quadro M5500: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in the ranking | 315 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Power efficiency | 9.61 | of 100.00 (Radeon 890M) |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019) | |
| GPU code name | GM204 | |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | |
| Release date | 8 April 2016 (9 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Quadro M5500's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Quadro M5500's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2048 | of 960 (GeForce GTX 660) |
| Core clock speed | 1140 MHz | of 980 (GeForce GT 755M SLI) |
| Boost clock speed | 1165 MHz | of 1000 (HD Graphics (Haswell)) |
| Number of transistors | 5,200 million | of 100,000 million (Data Center GPU Max 1100) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | of 0.003 MB (Arc Graphics 140V) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | of 235 (FirePro S9150) |
| Texture fill rate | 149.1 | of 1,968.0 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server) |
| Floating-point processing power | 4.772 TFLOPS | of 126 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server) |
| ROPs | 64 | of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000) |
| TMUs | 128 | of 896 (Data Center GPU Max 1350) |
| L1 Cache | 768 KB | of 64 MB (Data Center GPU Max 1550) |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | of 408 MB (Data Center GPU Max 1350) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Quadro M5500 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | large | |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | |
| SLI options | + |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on Quadro M5500: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | of 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X) |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | of 384 (GeForce GTX 980 Ti) |
| Memory clock speed | 1753 MHz | of 16384000 MB (GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile) |
| Memory bandwidth | 211 GB/s | of 983040 MB (GeForce RTX 5080) |
| Shared memory | - |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on Quadro M5500. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | |
| Display Port | 1.2 | |
| G-SYNC support | + |
Supported technologies
Technological solutions and APIs supported by Quadro M5500. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| 3D Vision Pro | + | |
| Mosaic | + | |
| VR Ready | + | |
| nView Display Management | + | |
| Optimus | + |
API and SDK support
APIs supported by Quadro M5500, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 | |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | of 4.6 (RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell) |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | |
| Vulkan | + | |
| CUDA | + |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of Quadro M5500. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Send your test results of Quadro M5500.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good Quadro M5500 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low
| Counter-Strike 2 | 110−120 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 40−45 | |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 35−40 |
Full HD
Medium
| Battlefield 5 | 80−85 | |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 110−120 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 40−45 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 60−65 | |
| Fortnite | 100−110 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 75−80 | |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 60−65 | |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 35−40 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 70−75 | |
| Valorant | 140−150 |
Full HD
High
| Battlefield 5 | 80−85 | |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 110−120 | |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 230−240 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 40−45 | |
| Dota 2 | 100−110 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 60−65 | |
| Fortnite | 100−110 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 75−80 | |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 60−65 | |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 70−75 | |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 35−40 | |
| Metro Exodus | 40−45 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 70−75 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 50−55 | |
| Valorant | 140−150 |
Full HD
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 80−85 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 40−45 | |
| Dota 2 | 100−110 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 60−65 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 75−80 | |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 35−40 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 70−75 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 50−55 | |
| Valorant | 140−150 |
Full HD
Epic
| Fortnite | 100−110 |
1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 40−45 | |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 140−150 | |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 30−35 | |
| Metro Exodus | 24−27 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 170−180 | |
| Valorant | 170−180 |
1440p
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 55−60 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 18−20 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 40−45 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 45−50 | |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 21−24 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 30−33 |
1440p
Epic
| Fortnite | 45−50 |
4K
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 16−18 | |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 35−40 | |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 12−14 | |
| Metro Exodus | 16−18 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 27−30 | |
| Valorant | 110−120 |
4K
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 27−30 | |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 16−18 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 8−9 | |
| Dota 2 | 65−70 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 21−24 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 30−35 | |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 12−14 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 18−20 |
4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 20−22 |
AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Quadro M5500 is Radeon Pro 580, which is slower by 2% and lower by 5 positions in our ranking.
Here are some closest AMD rivals to Quadro M5500:
Similar GPUs
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Recommended processors
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